| People need hearing aids for a variety of reasons. | | | | patient the option to change settings. You are able to |
| Perhaps your hearing is degenerating due to normal | | | | control the volume as well as the input of loud and |
| aging, or perhaps you have undergone a serious | | | | soft sounds. Generally, the models do not have |
| illness that resulted in moderate hearing loss. | | | | volume controls; they are programmed to |
| Whatever the reason, if you have mild to moderate | | | | automatically adjust to changing conditions. |
| hearing impairment, it is likely that a hearing aid can | | | | Programmable hearing aids use computer technology. |
| help to better your quality of life. | | | | Because of advanced digital computer technology, |
| Conventional hearing aids are the analog variety and | | | | these aids are able to accommodate a wide range of |
| are non-programmable. This means that they have | | | | needs. In the past, when a patient's hearing |
| one setting that cannot be changed or altered. With | | | | worsened, they would have to order and purchase a |
| these models, you may experience sensitivity to | | | | whole new device. With today's programmable |
| background noise without the option to filter. Though | | | | hearing aids, the patient or audiologist can simply |
| many believe that these models are better than no | | | | reset the hearing aid to function at the patient's level |
| hearing aid at all, with today's advanced technology, | | | | of hearing loss. |
| other options are available. | | | | Leaps in technological advancement have increased |
| Programmable, or digital hearing aids are designed and | | | | the quality of life for many people with hearing loss. |
| programmed specifically for each individual. After you | | | | From digital hearing aids capable of retrieving a |
| have had a hearing examination, your audiologist will | | | | greater range of sounds to programmable hearing |
| determine the level of your hearing loss and what | | | | aids, the world is rapidly become a friendlier place for |
| product best suits your needs. He or she can then | | | | the hearing impaired. Most consumers of |
| program the device for your particular type of | | | | programmable hearing aids sing the praises of this |
| hearing loss. | | | | wonderful technology and cannot imagine going back |
| Some of these programmable devices offer the | | | | to a world of non-programmable, analog hearing aids. |